Roll Call

• Extended jobless benefits: Voting 403-12, the House sent President Obama a bill (HR 3548) that would provide 20 more weeks of jobless checks for those whose current allotments have expired or soon will expire and who live in states with at least 8.5 percent unemployment. The bill provides 14 additional weeks of benefits for the long-term jobless in all other states. The $2.4 billion cost would be offset by payroll-tax increases on employers. Jobless checks average $300 per week. A yes vote was to pass the bill.

Judy Biggert: Yes Bill Foster: Yes • Credit-card rules: Voting 331-92, the House passed a bill (HR 3639) giving credit-card firms a tighter deadline for starting pro-consumer policies enacted by Congress in May. Under the bill, reforms originally required to be in place by Feb. 22, 2010, would be advanced to Dec. 1. The rationale is that the sooner the rules take effect, the easier it will be for cardholders to cope with recession. A yes vote was to pass the bill.

Biggert: Yes Foster: Yes

Jobless benefits, tax breaks: Voting 98-0, the Senate sent the House a bill (HR 3548, above) that would provide at least 14 more weeks of jobless checks to the long-term unemployed in all states and 20 more weeks to persons in states with unemployment rates of at least 8.5 percent.

Richard Durbin: Yes

Roland Burris: Yes Key votes ahead: The House and Senate schedules for the week of Nov. 9 are to be announced.